Tue. 2/14/12 4:22am
ian curtis's mum:
evening all. call me an old nostalgic, but to me these covers all seem pretty lame and are a reminder of how great Mr Curtis was... that combination of fragility and intensity is something i wonder why anyone bothers covering? even Michael Gira... at least his album title got it right!

Tue. 2/14/12 4:22am
Pie:
Apop version is nice. Then again it is Apop. Even their metalica covers are butter

Tue. 2/14/12 4:23am
fred von helsing:
dear ian's mom, every human voice is a singular thing, and everyone wants to take their shot at recapturing something of the essence of your son's greatness

Tue. 2/14/12 4:25am
Julie:
As long as they bring something original to it, I found many that were too imitative of the original.

Tue. 2/14/12 4:25am
fred von helsing:
Bis? Hah! Well they did do the definitive version of the PowerPuff Girls theme. Fighting crime, trying to save the world!

Tue. 2/14/12 4:29am
Matt from Springfield:
Happy Love Will Tear Us Apart Day,
Children of the Night!

Tue. 2/14/12 4:33am
Matt from Springfield:
Oooh the slow version of "Heart of Glass"--love "You Suck", followed by "You REALLY Suck"!!

Tue. 2/14/12 4:33am
fred von helsing:
This version is cool. Dunno how faithful it is to the orginal but it is cool.

Tue. 2/14/12 4:34am
Scuttle:
I agree! Fun version

Tue. 2/14/12 4:35am
Matt from Springfield:
@FVH One thing those AP and Bis covers brought up was that Spector-like "And Then He Kissed Me" movement towards the end; I didn't notice that in the original, will have to go back and check how that sounds.

Tue. 2/14/12 4:35am
KP:
This is good, FVH. Different enough. Swinging/
Why is the bedroom so cold?

Tue. 2/14/12 4:36am
KP:
Bagpipes and sitars!

Tue. 2/14/12 4:38am
ian curtis's mum:
indeed Matt, Joy Division were capable of walls of sound with the most rudimentary of resources. but then little Martin Hannett was a genius too. his mother was a terror, though!

Tue. 2/14/12 4:38am
Greg:
Just now I have realized I would like to here "Love will tear us apart" made by Big Black - in the same vein as they did Kraftwerk's "The Model".

Tue. 2/14/12 4:40am
kim:
yep, greg

Tue. 2/14/12 4:41am
Matt from Springfield:
Ah, what a superchill, Japanese version!

Tue. 2/14/12 4:44am
ian curtis's mum:
Hook??!!! That man couldn't even do up his own trousers until I showed him how! It was all little Marty, but he did give our Steven a tough old time with his drum kit.

Tue. 2/14/12 4:44am
fred von helsing:
(braces for goodness)

Tue. 2/14/12 4:45am
Matt from Springfield:
@ian's mum: Ah, he was the producer of both studio albums, and did several other post-punk albums. Another tragically young death.

Tue. 2/14/12 4:47am
ian curtis's mum:
brilliant as he was, little Marty ended up big fat Marty because he didn't eat his greens and look after himself. i recommend the film "24 Hour Party People" to... well, just about everyone! watch that with lovely Anton's "Closer" and you'll know all about us.

Tue. 2/14/12 4:51am
Julie:
That moment where you debate whether to stop the miscue or not ;)

Tue. 2/14/12 4:53am
Matt from Springfield:
The Birthday Massacre backing track keeps the vibe of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" pretty well though. But since it's almost the hour's end, you might want to call it "Over" and back-announce! :)

Tue. 2/14/12 4:53am
miss cheri:
i hope to see you again next week,,julie,,bye for now

Tue. 2/14/12 4:54am
Julie:
@Matt I would except I still want to play the original

Tue. 2/14/12 4:55am
Matt from Springfield:
WELL, you did play Love Will Tear Us Apart a lucky number 13 times in a row, plus bed music! That's still a wonderful day for FMU! It's a wonderful day for us all!

Tue. 2/14/12 5:41am
Matt from Springfield:
@Glovanie: Thanks, it's advice that I try to hold myself to as well!

Tue. 2/14/12 5:46am
Caryn:
@Matt: actually, I have a full day planned for today, but just couldn't get out of bed... Subconsciously, it may have been me trying to avoid the holiday, though. Luckily, over here, we call valentine's "friends day", and you send valentine's greetings to dear friends. So less pressure on the love front (although that is coming in more and more each year - American influence).

Tue. 2/14/12 5:47am
Matt from Springfield:
We knew "Livvy" had to be coming in at some point... ;)

Tue. 2/14/12 5:53am
Matt from Springfield:
One more in before the deadline! Yay!

Tue. 2/14/12 1:21pm
Van in DC:
That "Love Will Tear Us Apart" song - was that all Kaycee on a loop pedal...? Interesting...

Tue. 2/14/12 1:29pm
Van in DC:
Uh, I keep hearing the same song. But different. So to clarify, my previous question was regarding the *Kaycee* song (first I think) of that song... :)

Tue. 2/14/12 1:29pm
Van in DC:
This is almost reminding me sorta kinda of Ken's marathon playing of "The Only Song" recently...

Tue. 2/14/12 1:54pm
Van in DC:
Well this is going to be an interesting looking playlist to see when I finish this show and allow myself to (as Doug would say) gaze lovingly at it.

Tue. 2/14/12 2:32pm
Van in DC:
Joy Division! Wow, been a long time since I've heard them.

Tue. 2/14/12 2:44pm
Van in DC:
Ah. So that's why I didn't recognize "Love Will Tear Us Apart"...I had only "Unknown Pleasures" and "Still" by Joy Division long ago...don't think either of those albums had that song on it.

Tue. 2/14/12 2:56pm
Van in DC:
Oh, so THAT is what that song is? Don't Speak? By "No Doubt"...? THAT is Gwyn Stefani? All of that information is pretty new to me. I had always assumed that was some song by Kim Wilde or something. Huh.

Tue. 2/14/12 2:57pm
Van in DC:
I guess it's "Gwen"...

Tue. 2/14/12 2:59pm
Van in DC:
What? No "I Put Your Picture Away"? ;)

Tue. 2/14/12 3:06pm
Van in DC:
Nice cover of The Winner Takes it All. Never heard of Hannah Fury.

Tue. 2/14/12 3:27pm
Van in DC:
Abba. Nice. :)

Tue. 2/14/12 3:29pm
Van in DC:
Wait Calexico! Don't tell me! Love...It will tear us apart? Right? Did I get that right? :)